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Lot 355*
A Fine Cased Pair Of 18-Bore Percussion Box-Lock Belt PistolsBy T.K. Baker, 34 St. James's St., London, Circa 1846-9
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,840 inc. premium
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By T.K. Baker, 34 St. James's St., London, Circa 1846-9
By T.K. Baker, 34 St. James's St., London, Circa 1846-9
With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each engraved with foliage around the muzzle and signed in full along the top flat, foliate engraved case-hardened breeches each with gold line, case-hardened tang plates and actions each with extension into the butt and engraved with scrolling foliage, dolphin hammers, trigger-guards and ovoidal butt-caps all engraved en suite, the last each with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with a foliate scallop shell, finely chequered figured rounded butts, vacant silver escutcheons, blued belt hooks, case-hardened under-ribs, stirrup ramrods each with tip engraved with a flower-head, and most of their original finish: in original fitted oak case lined in green velvet with accessories including unusual Dixon & Sons three-way flask retaining much of its original finish, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's name 'J, Carr', London proof marks
12.7 cm. barrels
12.7 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Thomas Kerslake Baker exhibited a lock at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and was granted registered patent design no. 3230 of 1852 for a long-spur revolver hammer








